Source: thehindu.com The Delhi High Court has upheld the dismissal of two policemen who allowed Vikas Yadav to leave his hospital room in AIIMS, without parole on the night of Deepavali in 2011. Vikas Yadav was facing trial and serving a 25-year jail term for the murder of Nitish Katara. A Bench of Justices Vipin
Source: barandbench.com The Delhi High Court has held that unless it is proved that a witness harbours some enmity against the accused or he wished to implicate him falsely, such witness would be treated as an independent witness. Interested witness, on the other hand, suggests that a witness ought to have had some animus against
Source: newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the city police for the assault on a tempo driver and his minor son in northwest Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar. Noting that it was an “evidence of police brutality”, a division bench of Justices Jayant Nath and Najmi Waziri asked the Union
Source: hindustantimes.com The Delhi High Court has upheld the acquittal of a man by a trial court in a rape case, saying the woman’s testimony was “untrustworthy”, full on contradictions and she had called him 529 times between the date of alleged rape and the filing of the complaint. A bench of Justices Manmohan and
Source: business-standard.com Clerks of lawyers are part and parcel of the system involved in dispensation of justice, the Delhi High Court has said while holding that medical and canteen facilities should be extended to them. The observation was made by the court on a petition by the Delhi High Court Bar Clerks Association seeking enforcement
Source: news18.com New Delhi: Twenty eight years after he was booked on charges of demanding a bribe of Rs 250, a former Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) official has been acquitted by the Delhi High Court. Justice R.K. Gauba acquitted Jagan Nath while setting aside a trial court judgement of February 28, 2002 in which
Source:- thehindu.com The Delhi High Court has declined to grant relief toa B.Com (Hons) student, who fell short of the requisite attendance due to his heart ailment, seeking permission to write the 4th semester examination. “The claim of the petitioner is effectively for the court to grant relief solely on the ground of sympathy, even
Source:- dnaindia.com To those hesitant to undertake the HIV test, a new outreach programme promises discretion by hiding testing centres in plain sight: at LGBTQ parties and events, through vans parked at the queer community’s pulse-points and cruising hotspots. The plan is to reach those who avoid designated clinics for fear of identification and the
Source:- hindustantimes.com The inspection report of over 30 government hospitals highlighting several irregularities — including non-functioning ICU ventilators, alleged pilfering of expensive drugs and staffs being paid less than minimum wages — have caught the attention of the Delhi High Court. The high court has now constituted a committee to carry a fresh inspection of
